Listening to Counting Crows cover of Big Yellow Taxi on the radio earlier today, I thought it would be cool to do a weekly music video slot on EcoStreet of songs written with our environment in mind. Here’s the first instalment.
Spinner.com have put together a list of the Top 10 most extreme green musicians. Their countdown is: No. 10 – Dave Matthews Band: They’ve offset 100% of their carbon emissions caused by touring since 1991, and helped scatter free bikes around Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Community Yellow Bicycles Program. No. 9 – Orbital: …
It’s been said that John Romano’s singing voice evokes Lou Reed, and that his new song “Green Girl”, that is doing well in the mainstream radio charts in the US, is reminiscent of some of Reed’s lighter work. Laura Glendinning, VP of Avant Garde A Clue, Inc., the itunes label who have released Romano’s song …
Seven Baka pygmies, who form the musical group Baka Gbine (pronounced “bee-nay”), have arrived in the UK to bring awareness to the plight of their rainforest in Cameroon. They will be giving live performances of their album Gati Bongo, recorded under a giant tree on a mobile solar-powered studio and due to be released today. …